Ivanka Trump reportedly goes ‘full MAGA’
Ivanka Trump has “gone full MAGA” in the final days of her father’s administration as she weighs her options for a future political run, according to reports.
Donald Trump’s oldest daughter, who was long seen as a moderating influence on the President’s populist agenda in her role as White House adviser, has in recent months adopted a much more aggressive tone, pushing back against her critics.
Last week, confirming she had been deposed as part of a state investigation into alleged misuse of funds during the 2017 inauguration, the 39-year-old attacked the investigation as a Democrat-led, “politically motivated demonstration of vindictiveness and waste of taxpayer dollars“.
The week before she had similarly attacked an investigation by New
York authorities into her father’s taxes as “harrassment pure and simple“, a “fishing expedition“and a “continued political vendetta“. “This ‘inquiry’ by NYC Democrats is 100 per cent motivated by politics, publicity and rage,” she tweeted.
The Trumpian shift in Ivanka’s public comments comes after gradual conversion to the right, bringing her viewpoint more in sync with the President’s own brand of conservative politics, according CNN.
“(She has) gone full MAGA,” an anonymous source told the broadcaster. Another said, “Ivanka definitely has political ambitions, no question about it. She wants to run for something, but that still needs to be figured out.”
CNN’S article cites “two friends and a small group of White House associates“, and a number of sources close to Ivanka.
She is reportedly considering a possible run for Florida governor in the near future, or for Congress in New Jersey, both states where the Trump family has holiday homes. Trump officially changed his primary residence from New York to Florida last year.
Florida’s current Republican governor Ron Desantis has been one of the President’s staunchest allies, urging him to “fight on“in his efforts to overturn the election results. Desantis has been floated as a potential 2024 candidate — his current term ends on January 3, 2023.
According to CNN, Ivanka’s decision to begin “speaking out more“and stop “sitting back and letting people say what they want and distort facts“comes with the blessing of her father. — news.com.au